The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists read more

The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons.

At the moment, they police don't come down here unless they have to - that's why the bus was set read more

At the moment, they police don't come down here unless they have to - that's why the bus was set on fire - so that the police would have to respond and come down here. And when they did, some of the lads were waiting and had a crack at them.

The way I feel now, I'm 45 years old and I have a new life. I feel reborn. I'm alive read more

The way I feel now, I'm 45 years old and I have a new life. I feel reborn. I'm alive again.

It's good to get back on track. Especially against what I think is always a tough team.

It's good to get back on track. Especially against what I think is always a tough team.

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him read more

When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.

This is just the beginning, ... Obviously we're going to have the House of Blues Foundation involved in subsidizing the read more

This is just the beginning, ... Obviously we're going to have the House of Blues Foundation involved in subsidizing the employees' down there livelihood.

We had great team strategy and a really good run to make it to the head of the pack. Unfortunately read more

We had great team strategy and a really good run to make it to the head of the pack. Unfortunately now it is over for us.

We're still fighting for home-field advantage in the first round of against Dallas. Even if we could catch first place read more

We're still fighting for home-field advantage in the first round of against Dallas. Even if we could catch first place we've still got to wrap up second, so it doesn't make much of a difference.

I feel like Canada's punishment from the US is over. They realize they've been choking our economy and with the read more

I feel like Canada's punishment from the US is over. They realize they've been choking our economy and with the new leader in Canada they're going to cut us some slack. People from the US are going to realize for the first time where Ottawa is and that it's the Capital of Canada.